Weight, measure, &c., see Time.

Wert, as used in lieu of wast
    —­its mood not easy to determine; authorities for a various use of.

What, its class and nature
    —­to what usually applied; its twofold relat. explained
    —­its numb.; example of solec. in the use of
    —­as a mere adj., or as a pron. indef.
    —­its use both as an adj. and as a relative at the same time; do. for
      who or which, ludic. and vulg.
    —­declined
    —­how to be disposed of in etymolog. parsing; how to be parsed
      syntactically
    —­how becomes an interj.
    —­used appar. for an adv.; uttered exclamatorily before an adj., to be
      taken as an adj., ("WHAT PARTIAL judges are our,” &c.,)
    —­followed by that, by way of pleonasm, ("WHAT I tell you in
      darkness, THAT,” &c.,)
    —­with but preceding, ("To find a friend, BUT WHAT” &c.,)
    —­vulg. use of, for that
    —­derivation of, from Sax., shown.

Whatever or whatsoever, its peculiarities of construe., the same as
those of what; its use in simp, relation
    —­its construc. as a double relative; whether it may be supposed
      ellipt.
    —­its declension.

When, where, or while, in what instance not fit to follow the verb is
    —­When, where, whither, as partaking of the nature of a pron.;
      construc, of do., with antecedent nouns of time, &c., how far
      allowable
    —­derivation of, from Anglo-Sax.

Whether, as an interrog. pron.; as a disjunc. conjunc.
    —­conjunc. corresponsive to or
    —­as do., its derivation from Sax.

Which, relative
    —­its former use; to what objects now confined
    —­its use after a personal term taken by meton. for a thing; do., as
      still applicable to persons
    —­is of all the genders, (in oppos. to MURR., WEBST., et. al.,)
    —­is less approp. than who, in all personifications
    —­its construc. when taken in its discrim. sense,
    —­how differs from the rel. that
    —­BLAIR’S incorrect remarks respecting
    —­Which, as rel. or interrog., declined
    —­Which, sometimes takes whose for its poss.,
    —­represents a prop. name taken merely as a name, ("Herod
    —­WHICH is but,” &c.,)
    —­do. nouns of mult, expressing persons, when such are strictly of the
      neut. gend., ("The COMMITTEES WHICH” &c.,)
    —­in what cases is less approp. than that
    —­does not fitly represent an indicative assertion, (’"Be ATTENTIVE,
      without WHICH,” &c.,)
    —­its Sax. derivation shown
    —­The which, obsol.,
    —­Which, interrog., what demands,
    —­to what objects applied
    —­now used for the obsol. whether.